Bayonetta fares well on the PS3…at least by Japanese standards |
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| BY Jason Townsend-Rogers Nov. 1st, 2009 | More on: |
Based on what I have seen of Bayonetta, it certainly looks like a title that I’ll be purchasing; the main character is a perfect mixture of style and substance, and the gameplay, while bearing a strong resemblance to Devil May Cry, has enough differences to make it stand out on its own.
However, while I’m sure that I will be obtaining this title, the platform that I will get it for has been up for debate. Popular opinion has dictated that the 360 version of this game has fared better, with the PlayStation 3 version viewed to be sub-par.
Apparently, the Japanese didn’t get that memo, as sales for the PS3 version of Bayonetta have doubled over their 360 counterpart. Lots of factors probably attribute to this, the biggest being that a lot more PS3s exist over there, and that it is held in higher esteem over the 360 by many.
For me, this means that the PS3 version is looking extremely viable to my wallet.
November 2nd, 2009
at 1:45 am
They may be double, but it’s hard to really compare the two based on Japanese sales.
a) The PS3 has a much higher installbase in Japan
b) Japanese people are very nationalistic in how they buy (i.e. PS3 over forreign Xbox)
c) The Xbox 360 version is sold out in Japan: http://kotaku.com/5394019/bayonetta-xbox-360-selling-out
Actually c. seems to imply they DID get the memo. Only to few copies have been made available. Still it wouldn’t outsell the PS3 version simply because of a and b. This all has nothing to do with quality of the game.